Form: Correspondence / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1957">1957</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Haverford College Alumni Association records, 1839-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 11.66 linear ft. (24 boxes, 10 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection contains records created by and about the Haverford College Alumni Association. A large portion of the collection consists of the meeting minutes and reports of the Alumni Association as well as its two core groups, the Alumni Association Executive Committee and the Alumni Council. The collection also contains materials pertaining to class reunions, alumni affinity groups, events, awards and prizes, publications, and guides.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary family papers, 1782-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.214 linear ft. (5 boxes, 5 volumes)
Abstract:: This collection contains papers and documents from the Bean, Cox, Brinton, and Cary families.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Crauder family papers, 1829-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.13 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains materials from the Crauder family, mostly from Bob Crauder, a prominent Quaker who worked all over the globe.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Martin, Campbell, and Furlong families papers, 1825-1930 (bulk) 1795-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.2 linear feet (; 13 boxes)
Abstract:: This collection contains papers that document several generations of the Martin, Campbell, and Furlong families with the Martin family receiving the most coverage. To a lesser extent, the Kennedy and Jenkins families, who had strong personal and mercantile ties to the Martin family, are also represented. These interrelated middle class Irish Catholic families from Philadelphia were involved in several prominent industries in the region, including overseas commerce. Devout in their religious beliefs, the families, the Campbells in particular, played a significant role in shaping Catholicity in Philadelphia. Members of the Campbell family were also actively involved in political and social movements of the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries, including the labor movement and women’s suffrage. Distinguished members of these families are represented, including suffragist and writer Sarah Jane Campbell (1844-1928). Items in the collection date from 1795 to 1939 with the majority of...(see more)

Held at: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center [Contact Us]

Rodrigue family papers, 1770-1875 (bulk) 1770-1975 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4.59 linear feet
Abstract:: Marie Jacques Dominique D’Orlic (1748-1825) was a French colonist and a wealthy planter in St. Domingue, a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now modern-day Haiti). D’Orlic and his wife and daughter were forced to flee the island during the slave uprisings of the 1790s, and lost their wealth. The D’Orlics eventually landed in Philadelphia by 1795, where D’Orlic served as a trusted advisor to other white refugees from St. Domingue. Jacques Andre Rodrigue (1759-1844) was also a French aristocrat and a wealthy merchant and sugar planter in St. Domingue. Rodrigue lost nearly all his wealth in the slave uprisings of the 1790s and was also forced to flee to Philadelphia, where he settled, married the daughter of D’Orlic, and built another large business as a merchant trading with France. The Rodrigue family papers date from 1770 to 1975, with the bulk of records dating from 1770 to 1875. This collection contains the papers of Jacques Andre Rodrigue (1759-1844) and the...(see more)

Held at: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center [Contact Us]

Errol T. Elliott papers, 1849-1966 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the photocopied letters and manuscripts of Errol T. Elliott.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Charles Anderson Gould papers, 1946-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the clippings, correspondence, and manuscripts of Charles Anderson Gould.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Herbert Nicholson papers, 1949-1982 (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear ft. (4 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Herbert Nicholson. It includes sections of a manuscript, letters to Herbert Nicholson from individuals he met in Japan, photographs of Herbert Nicholson and others, and Nicholson's research notes related to Japanese internment.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Walter Penn Shipley Jr. papers, 1913-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (3 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Walter Penn Shipley Jr., and includes materials related to his time at Haverford College, including two trigonometry notebooks, four subject entrance exams, and his personal correspondence.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove papers, 1947-1950; 1991 (inclusive) 1947-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:: The collection consists of the 1947-1950 correspondence between Fay Ajzenberg-Selove and Louis Leprince-Ringue pertaining to her translation of his book "Les Rayons Cosmiques" (The Cosmic Rays) and a 1991 copy of Ajzenberg-Selove's memoir typescript.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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